NEW MILFORD, CT — The New Milford Zoning Commission approved a 104-unit affordable housing development on Kent Road and a four-building industrial warehouse project on Pickett District Road during its Oct. 27 meeting.
The commission unanimously approved the housing development at 125 Kent Road, requiring the developer to add a sidewalk and bus pickup and drop-off area. The warehouse project at 260 Pickett District Road passed 4-1, with Commissioner Joseph Baker opposed.
Commissioners also approved a residential accessory apartment, denied an incomplete application to convert an office building into mixed-use space and scheduled public hearings on two residential proposals.
The commission unanimously approved special permit and site plan applications submitted by S System Properties LLC for a 104-unit residential development at 125 Kent Road.
The project calls for three four-story apartment buildings with a combined ground-floor area of 36,590 square feet.
At least 32 apartments, representing a minimum of 30 percent of the development, will be designated affordable housing units.
The application was submitted under Connecticut General Statutes Section 8-30g, the state's Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals Act.
The development also includes excavation exceeding 700 cubic yards, traffic generation exceeding 500 vehicle trips per day, parking, stormwater management, lighting, landscaping and utility improvements.
Commission Chairman William Taylor moved to adopt the Oct. 27 resolution of approval, with an additional condition requiring a revised site plan.
The revised plan must include a sidewalk along the driveway connecting to Kent Road and a bus pickup and drop-off area.
Vice Chairman Charles Bogie seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
The commission voted 4-1 to approve an industrial development proposed by Flagstaff Investments LLC at 260 Pickett District Road, previously identified as 266 Pickett District Road.
The proposal calls for four single-story contractor warehouse buildings measuring 68,000, 60,000, 70,000 and 30,000 square feet.
Together, the buildings would contain 228,000 square feet of warehouse space.
The development also includes excavation exceeding 700 cubic yards and improvements involving site access, utilities, parking, stormwater management, landscaping and grading.
The property is in an industrial zone and a 100-year floodplain.
Taylor moved to adopt the resolution of approval, subject to meeting parking requirements. Bogie seconded the motion.
Taylor, Bogie, Greg Mullen and alternate Robert DiMichele voted in favor. Baker voted against the proposal.
The motion passed 4-1, with no abstentions.
The commission unanimously approved a special permit and site plan application from Kenneth and Adrienne Ventresca to create a one-bedroom accessory apartment in the basement of an existing single-family home at 41 Upper Reservoir Road.
The approval requires the applicants to provide documentation from the Housatonic Valley Health District confirming approval of the property's well and septic system before a zoning permit is issued.
Commissioners also unanimously approved waivers of several application requirements, including an engineered site plan, stormwater management report, traffic report, lighting plan, landscaping plan and erosion control plan.
Baker moved to approve the waivers, with DiMichele seconding.
Taylor subsequently moved to approve the application, with Bogie seconding. Both motions passed unanimously.
The commission unanimously denied a site plan application submitted by Carlos Galarza to convert an existing two-story office building at 28 Park Lane Road into a mixed-use building containing a residential apartment.
The commission determined that the application was incomplete because the wrong application type had been submitted.
Taylor moved to deny the application on those grounds, with Bogie seconding.
The motion passed unanimously.
The denial was based on the application's procedural deficiencies rather than a recorded determination about the merits of the proposed residential use.
The commission also considered several applications that remain under review.
Artel Engineering Group LLC is seeking approval for a 117,660-square-foot addition to an existing 73,510-square-foot industrial warehouse at 87 Pickett District Road.
The proposal includes driveway, parking, stormwater management, lighting and landscaping improvements. The property is within a 100-year floodplain.
Commissioners unanimously voted to close the public hearing on that application. No final approval was recorded.
The town of New Milford also has submitted an application for the first phase of a multiphase redevelopment at 12 Scovill St..
The proposed work includes an outdoor materials storage yard and a three-story fire training tower measuring 40 feet by 16 feet, along with parking, stormwater management and landscaping improvements.
The application requests waivers of a lighting plan and traffic report.
Another application, submitted by 21st Century Concrete Inc., proposes a concrete manufacturing plant at 574 Danbury Road.
The proposal includes a three-story manufacturing building with a 2,760-square-foot footprint and two attached silos measuring 68 and 61 feet in height.
It also calls for outdoor storage and sales of masonry products, conversion of an existing 20,520-square-foot building from manufacturing and storage to storage only, and associated site improvements.
The commission's motions document lists the fire training tower and concrete plant applications for continued review, with Nov. 17 identified as the next meeting date associated with their public hearing deadlines.
Two other residential development applications were listed for consideration.
A previously approved mixed-use development at 189 Danbury Road is the subject of a request from the law firm Cohen and Wolf PC to amend conditions of its August 2019 approval.
The development includes 150 apartments, of which 45 would be designated affordable, and four commercial buildings totaling 16,341 square feet.
The commission's motions document does not record a decision on the requested changes.
Another pending application, from Boccarossa Land Investments LLC, proposes 96 apartments in 12 four-story buildings at 215 and 219 Danbury Road.
Of those apartments, 29 would be designated affordable housing units.
The proposal also includes excavation, parking, stormwater management, lighting, landscaping and utility improvements.
A decision deadline of Nov. 17 was listed. No vote on that application was recorded at the Oct. 27 meeting.
The commission unanimously voted to accept two applications for public hearings scheduled for Dec. 15.
Marlon Cabrera is seeking approval to convert an existing one-bedroom dwelling above a detached garage into an accessory apartment and construct a new two-story, three-bedroom primary residence at 13 Sawyer Hill Road.
Devon Dobson is seeking approval for a 16-by-32-foot in-ground swimming pool and a 12-by-18-foot patio at 6 Liberty Hill.
The commission approved accepting both applications for public hearings on a motion by Taylor, seconded by Bogie.
Commissioners unanimously approved six invoices totaling $25,430.
The expenses included engineering peer reviews associated with development applications on Kent Road, Pickett District Road and Danbury Road, along with legal review services.
The commission also unanimously approved its Sept. 22 meeting minutes and adopted its regular meeting schedule for 2027.
The meeting adjourned at 9:38 p.m.
Taylor, Bogie, Baker, Mullen and DiMichele were seated and voting. Commissioner Mario Sclafani and alternates James Volinski and Patricia Bogie were absent.
Zoning Enforcement Officer Laura Regan attended but did not vote.
This report is based on the New Milford Zoning Commission's Oct. 27, 2026, regular meeting motions, prepared by Recording Secretary Caitlyn Barksdale.
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